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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 97, 14 September 1878, Page 2

.In': our issue of .the 7th there, appeared, the following:— 1 ' A correspondent, who is evidently inclined' to be satirical, suggests that Mr . Macalister's report upon tlie Fox- ' ; tan Local Board had-Wme^hmg'tb do' with' the Marton conflagration'; 'Ho' insinuates 1 that as -the Road Board accounts were demolished, it w'ns ; jtist possible tlie fire was provided wherewith to ' cook "" them." Mr Harris, the clerk to the Marton /Board,- haj has. taken exception to Jhe foregoing, and. through his solicitor notified the fact to us. A.s. the context will, fully beAi\aut..pra assertion that nothing', Beyond' a harni^ess 'joke was ever, .intended ;,-and a's,. iri 'our openingline, wo fidicultjd t'lie',su.ggestiorf.'\Vh(rr> Any}'; ing, '/A' correspWndcnl; w-id'is' -evidently in-' dined td'bp-satirk'ar^ — th'ojs in ifei»ring 'tliat • he was' disposed -to be funny ati tsho expense", of fact— we *can, Without > tlie • slight eat ilo_si of dignity, assure- Mr Harris , that -beyond" the publication of a pun, nothing whatever; was. intended.. , If, we. had the slightest intention to reflect upon that gentleman', 'we would, as we generally. do, .have- couched onr languagosp., that there would be.iiom'stake iii our meaning. We imagine if Mr -Harris were to take action upon tho scores of jokes upon the same subject, there woiild be a rare harvest for the "JJeyii's Brigade." As ; an ; evidence; of tlip interest, taken iv tho Borough elections, we may state that ! the number of votes' recorded were largely i m excess of former. occasions, no less than eighty-six ratepayers voting, while the number of vctesregistered reached one hundi*ed and twenty-six. As the election- was, of course, conducted uncJerthpLnciil Elections Act, plurality of voting waVallowed, and, strange to sny, "■ plumping "' pretty con- | siderably exercised. The folly of such a course may he seen at a glance, when it is slated that while, under tlie old regulition, a ratepayer possessing four votes could give them all to his noin'meo, under the present arrangement "plumping"" means registering but one vote, so that, .virtually the holder of four votes by plumping disfranchises himself of three of them. We have received a letter- from a Foxton correspondent, signed "Observer,", the subject matter of which refers to something whioh appeared m the local 'journal. The writer lias accorded us credit, for- independence and impartiality, bpt were we to insert his letter we fear we would lose onr right to claim those qualifications. We have always made it a poi.it tp refuse communications which affect matter appearing m another journal, and as the present is a case m point, we are constrained to follow out that course. ■ TJie great scarcity of labor m tlie Manawatu — both .male and female— -has been sorely felt, of late, and the diffivultv experienced m obt.aininii domestic servants is now beginning to be rivalled by the want- of farm laborers. Under those circumstances, set tiers will ho "pleased tb learn that we have been notified by circular from the Immigration Office of (he expected arrival shortly, per Rnkaia, of the*followin_- immigrants : — I ploughman, 83 farm laborers, 2 shep-

herds, 8 female farm servants, 11 housemaids;'- 6 cooks, 49 female servants, beside a number of Jradesmen. Settlers wishing tpjengage-.atiy'of the above must mate ap- - plication.-, at the Immigration , oftice;' 'Wellington ji. and .^hose who are engaged for./ service m country- districts will be forwarded to their destination by the department. . • ■'■■-.:, '; , The contract for the" extension of the Foxton Wharf is progressing very favorably, and Mr Andreason expects to complete his work inside of a month. The - piles have been driven for about one hundred arid forty feet, and there are but two more tiers ,to put down. Fully one hundred feet is all ready. for> flooring, over, and would have been finished were it not for some delay m the arrisal of: the timber. The Public Works Department have commenced to tear up the-; planking at the end of the old , wharf for the purpose of putting down the 'turn-table,, but this, is, of course, entirely independent of Mr Andreason's contract. An inebriate, named John 8011, who had been worshipping, too freely at the shrine of Bacchus on Wednesday, came to grief, and was lodged m the Palmerston lock-up by Constable Gillespie. On Thursday morning he was brought before tho Mayor, and mulcted m ten shillings, with the alternative of forty-eight hours*.- imprisonment. , A' • Native, named Gray, for whom. Bell had been working, came to the rescue, paid the fine, and " took the terring one back again to * the' scene of his "former operations. - Now that .Jupiter Pluvius seems to have exhausted the vials of his wrath, and 'the beaming countenance- of. Old Sol' once more reigns supreme, both man and nature seem to be- revivified. The- .country appears the better for- the ordeal through which it has passed, and the ; verdure of the land is most pleasing to the eye. On all sides the settlers seem determined tp.make up for lost time, and fencing and' digging can be seen everywhere, while the stock present a healthy appearance, very different from that of a month past. . - ' At a meeting held at Foxton on Tuesday night, a resolution was' passed to the effect that a telegram should be sent to Mr Walter Johnston, the-member for the. district, ■ asking if any sum had been placed upon tlie Estimates - for the Manawatu . -Harbor Works. The . following is the. reply c received, which has been handed to us by Mr Thynne for publication > — " Present contract, £G9io: Public Works -Estimates ' not 'out yet, bilk -will- probably contain one ! large sum for'Patea- Manawatu line, and not various-sums for different! portions .of. it." If; this is to be tlie little arrangehient, it ; . will,, behoyQf the., pepple of, this. County to s : keep, their oyes opeii and watch' the manner m, yk'hich, the. apportionment; will, be niade. If' the''Patea-Manawatu'_iar4)bW'lhind bir distributed iuthe same equitable manner tl>atj tlie' Wan ganufrMaiiawatu.. Rail way has; been worked, .then we pity, the future: of. Foxton as a port. ' • We are to have a regular plethora, of amusements witliin the next few days. j Professor Frazer, the phrenologist, will, we understand, pay us a visit at an early, date • : to-night, as. we announced m om* last issue, Professor and Madaine-'lieCliille'will make their : appearance ; : and ph. Monday' night ' the. Foresters* Hall wijl.be ooc'iipie'l by tho Infant' Wonder, Troupe, the Elder Bro' thers. ' The eiitertainih'ent to-night will tW ;! a varied one— embracing the exhibition of tho Enchanted Canary, tlie Arabian Box j Mystery, beside feats of- conjuring and-: magic, so that lovers of the wonderful may' look out 'for a treat. 'On Monday , the Wizard appears at .Feilding,. and on that evening tho Foresters' Hall, Palmerston, will be occupied by the .Elder Brothers. With regard to tlie latter, tlie Press of Dunedin speata m the. highest terms of, tlie , troupe. ' -The " Otago Diii'ty Times,'"' m speaking of the" company, had the "following :. — ".The ..performance, may be said to, have been entirely sustained by ' Master A.. Elder,, the Infant Wonder, a boy of six year.", : who sang, dnta'ced, -and give Negro delineations -in Vi -style thiity con'side-ring^iis ago, was excoedip^ly 'ci'dditablp. Jrlis-bro' , i thei*, Master- H.-ElUep, was also varyi clever ; as n> oomie ; singer, '--log dancer, .and- acrobat., : . The Brothers nppoared m several, double songs and dances, and an h double sailor's hornpipe. Although.- so young: their voices have been well cultivated,; and' .their, enunciation is very. distinct. "Both m singing, and dancing .the time kept, was 'capital, ;and t.he audience -expressed' ;theiv;, adiniration byfrequent approbation.*'" It is. so seldom ; tliat. the Balmerst oil: people ha^a an opportunity of ' enjoying a" little" 1 relaxation such| as that po\y presented, we presume, they* will avail themselves ojt .it,' and 'bestow a liberal patronage oil both entertainments A meeting of the Psdui-eivston' North' Reading; Rpom .was .hold on Tuesday evening-, at which 'it was arranged;, that matches and. instruction m chess should .take pl.-ic.* every .Monday ' night. ' A Vote'- of thanks was aco6'*ded to: M^i Fatten, for a donation., of a l}a"?h limp. .The convnittep havabee^n most j fpvr-uhntp. in.securijiig 'the seryicesrif "Mr. Lpckfe as hori.' socrot'ary, aiid : since he. lias un-der'nken fcheVhitiies,' the'readihgM*qo'ni .bears a different aspect, and has assumed a new vitality. We understand that the Bey» -Mr-Mi-Wil-lia;*^*w'ln:ilpl<hDivine Sernce^hi.tlro Church of"l£ngland, to-m^u-6'w evening. T!LC_*evr.%«|ir;iMi , m will bp preaching to*; the Natives' ah "dfu-keyf.owh iWThe ' moriiin'?, ano" 1 wi|l c^nVejop t*b townjip tlpti(fternoaii^ Owing to a tarnish of advertisements, -si** lmve : becn compelled ta hold over the letters of "Vindex" and v Ex-Mahawatii,'* both' of Which, however,'- Will '"appear iri our next issue.-,- .■•..'] ;i.[ „'- („,, '..-, .- ,-•/,••: ■Wp.tvpulddraFr especial attqntjqu ' . tp Mr, Leaver's notification .m our. advertising , cojumna... ,., , . ... .. ; . ; „.. Holloway's OrivrTMßy-r, .\ntT>- Vifits.-r-Coughs, Influenza, — The soof-hing" properties of ' these medicaments' render' 'thenV Well worthy of trial m nil diseases 'of the vo-. spiratory organs. In comman colds an I . infliKjnaaand'Piils-, ta.ten iute"-naWy>,/ii?d rfce* I Ointment rubbed .oyer thp chest and throa|, : are exceedingly efilcacious. Wlieninflucnz-i | is epidemic, "this t-rea't merit is easiest, safest, and surest. Hollo wxy's Pills purify the Mood, remove itTt dhstactes to" its freecircd* lat ion through the • lungs; relieve the ovei*- '■■ gorged air tnb*>3, and ronder respiration free, without reducing the strength, irritating tlie nerves, or depressing- the spirits, such are the ready means of savin<» the suffering when any one is afft-cted with cold, coughs, bronr.hi'tis, and- other cho't complaints; by which, s.o ■■many persons are seriously and permanently, afflicted jn most .countries.